Because the White House, Congress and Wall Street are run mostly by men, there’s no reason to worry about guys, right? That’s the argument made by national feminist groups, and there’s a lot of gut logic behind it.

And how about literacy skills? If there are only 29 female writers on the top 100 writers list from Publishers Weekly, then why should we worry about guys and literacy?

I see things differently, from the ground level. If graduating college classes are gender imbalanced, we have a problem in the future. And if boys are falling behind in elementary school because of faltering literacy skills, we have a problem in the future.

Does it matter that the very brightest writers, shrewdist business leaders and most talented politicians happen, at this point in time, to be predominately male? Only if you’re making an argument that the boy troubles can be safely ignored.

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